title: Synthesis of [3]ferrocenophane-bridged Cp-amido zirconium complexes and ansa-zirconocene complexes and their use in catalytic polymerisation reactions.
abstract: Starting from 1,1'-diacetylferrocene the ortho-amino,α-dimethylamino[3]ferrocenophane system 3 was prepared. This was converted to the o-imino,α-Cp-derivative 6. Subsequent treatment with e.g. an excess of methyllithium followed by ZrCl(2)(NMe(2))(2)(thf)(2) and Me(2)SiCl(2) eventually gave the [3]ferrocenophane based Cp-amido zirconium complex 11b. In a similar way the [3]ferrocenophane derived fluorenyl-Cp ansa-zirconocene dichloride complex 20 was obtained. The 20-methylalumoxane (MAO) system is an active homogeneous Ziegler-Natta catalyst for ethylene polymerization. The 11b-MAO system reacts efficiently with an ethene-1-octene mixture to yield a mixture of linear polyethylene plus the ethene-1-octene copolymer. The compounds 5, 8, 10b, 11b, 13, 14, and 20 were characterized by X-ray diffraction.
authors.affiliation: Organisch-Chemisches Institut, Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität, Corrensstrasse 40, D-48149, Münster, Germany.
authors.forename: Kerstin
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Unverhau
authors.forename: Gerald
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Kehr
authors.forename: Roland
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Fröhlich
authors.forename: Gerhard
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Erker